Center for Global Justice

The Center for Global Justice at the S.J. Quinney College of Law is an initiative dedicated to examining the role of law in elevating the human condition and exploring the relationship between justice and human dignity. Our research, teaching, and service efforts aim to enhance understanding of the interconnections among human rights, economic development, and security around the world. The center hosts multi-stakeholder meetings to enable interdisciplinary discourse on the complex problems confronting humanity. The center facilitates experiential learning opportunities through student internships and fosters collaborative community service projects that connect global issues to local impacts.

Recent Center News

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., MST, S.J. Quinney College of Law Watch students of Professor Guiora’s Global Perspectives on Counter-terrorism course work through real-time scenarios in the 8th Annual Counter-Terrorism Simulation, Friday, April 10th. The Simulation is designed to test each student’s crisis management skills through realistic replication of current events. The course interspersed four […]

12:15 – 1:15 p.m., Sutherland Moot Courtroom, S.J. Quinney College of Law Human trafficking has often been referred to as “the invisible crime.” This crisis masks itself in legality by existing on the streets of Salt Lake in businesses that rarely cause suspicion. What occurs behind closed doors, however, is far more alarming and darker […]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Transnational Organized Crime IUU Fishing and Transnational Crime Paper » 12:15 -1:30 p.m., Room 106, S.J. Quinney College of Law Anastasia Telesetsky, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho Anastasia Telesetsky is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Idaho, specializing in environmental and natural resources law. […]

S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Amos Guiora’s ‘drone court’ proposal has received response from several international law experts: JustSecurity.com, Steve Vladeck, December 2, 2014 A new chapter by Professors Amos Guiora and Jeffrey Brand–“Establishment of a Drone Court: A Necessary Restraint on Executive Power“–has been receiving a fair amount of media and blog attention. The chapter differs from some prior calls for a “drone court” in […]

Jess Morrison, a 3L at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, recently crafted model legislation that could be used by the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights to bring Iraq into compliance with its obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the […]

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Global Justice Blog

By Liza Bacon and Gabrielle Barker for GlobalJusticeBlog.com. On February 12, 2014, the Center for Global Justice, S.J. Quinney College of Law and the Social Justice Student Initiative were honored to welcome Veteran Fire Captain Fernando Rivero for “The Invisible Crime: Human Trafficking in Utah.” The event was widely attended by over 200 attendees that […]